Ohio State's Urban Meyer in line for big incentive bonuses

7:16 AM,
Nov. 20, 2012

Written by

Steve Berkowitz
USA TODAY

When is an incentive bonus not an incentive bonus that becomes an incentive bonus again?

When Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's representatives and university officials work out a way to fix a contract provision that rescued a potential bonus that was headed toward a dead end even as the Buckeyes built an 11-0 record heading into their season finale Saturday at home against Michigan.

It was a dead end that potentially would have cost Meyer $150,000 or $250,000 - a significant amount of money, even for a coach whose base annual compensation is $4 million. ...